Liver transplantation in children younger than 1 year-the Cincinnati experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 268-273

  Tiao, Gregory M ^a   Alonso, Maria ^a   Bezerra, Jorge ^a   Yazigi, Nada ^a   Heubi, James ^a   Balistreri, William ^a   Bucuvalas, John ^a   Ryckman, Frederick ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft survival; Liver transplantation; Patient survival; Pediatric transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER FAILURE; NEWBORN; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BILIARY ATRESIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12444344960     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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